Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon · Sun & Moon arc

SM020 · Partner Promises!

サトシとピカチュウ、二人の約束

US air. 2017-07-01 JP air. 2017-04-06 Season. Sun & Moon (S20) Position. Episode 20 of 146 in Sun & Moon

Synopsis

What happens.

Ash and ashcl are at the largest shopping mall on Melemele Island doing some shopping. Ash examines what appears to be candy and Rotom explains that it is a Pokémon food called Poké Beans.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's SM020 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.

Story arc · SM001-SM043

Sun & Moon.

Ash transfers to Pokémon School. Picks Litten; befriends Rockruff. Island Challenge concept introduced as a Pokédex-equivalent quest.

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Pokémon featured · 20

Who appears.

Linked entries open the species page on the Pokédex. Items without a sprite (alternate forms, regional variants, generic group references) fall back to a name pill.

More from this arc

Other episodes in Sun & Moon.

Episode synopsis from Bulbapedia, CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5. Editorial context (arc affiliation, cultural moments, character signatures) hand-verified May 2026. Pokémon, character names, and series titles © Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., The Pokémon Company, OLM Inc. This is an unofficial fan reference.